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Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number?
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
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Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el? |
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Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:42:22 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> (Stefan, for example, your emails are tagged with "Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13)
>> Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)"). Has there been complaints about Gnus
>> doing that?
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> I never liked it, but admittedly, I never complained about it.
Well, in emails you also have the From header (etc), so the added
privacy of not having a User-Agent string is pretty slim.
When talking to web servers, things are very different.
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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?,
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <=
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/24
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/03/24
Re: Should the default value of url-user-agent include a version number? What about the specific case of package.el?, Steve Purcell, 2016/03/24